A
School gardening 1.
is
(be) now very popular. Parents and teachers all like these hands-on lessons very much. Students are 2.
excited
(excite) about the gardening lessons too. The lessons give them a new way of 3.
learning
(learn) and help them relax.
The children don't have to sit at 4. ______ (they) desks all day. The gardening lessons teach them something that they can't learn in the classroom. Also, they have a chance 5. ______ (move) outside and get their hands dirty. Teachers ask students to take gardening 6. ______ (serious). In gardens, students watch carefully with a purpose. They can see the 7. ______ (begin), the middle and the end of the project. However, some schools don't have enough space for a garden, so the lessons can be 8. ______ (give) in the community gardens or parks.
"Gardening is an 9.
important
(importance) subject," a teacher says. "It not only lets students 10.
know
(know) where our food comes from, but also makes them have more love for the earth. Gardening is not just a hobby. It's a life skill."
B
[2025 南通市如皋市期中]An encyclopaedia(百科全书) is a useful special book. It covers many different subjects, or it can deeply focus on one subject. Online encyclopaedias are like 1.
countless
(count) treasure boxes. These treasure boxes are 2.
filled
(fill) with valuable information and unknown wonders on the internet. Wherever you are, as long as you have a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you can open them 3.
to search
(search) for a world of information. You can learn about the great leaders in history, the 4.
newest
(new) findings in science and so on.
What 5.
makes
(make) online encyclopaedias special is that they can be kept updated. Information on online encyclopaedias can change every day. For example, when a new planet is discovered in space, details about it 6.
will show
(show) up online soon.
However, for more exact information, we must use online encyclopaedias 7.
carefully
(careful). Sometimes, people might write 8.
incorrect
(correct) information by accident, or some content may not be fully checked. So, if you use the information from online encyclopaedias for homework or research, pay more attention to 9.
checking
(check) it with other trusted resources.
All in all, online encyclopaedias are 10.
amazing
(amaze) tools. They help us learn quickly and satisfy our curiosity. With smart use, they will be our best friends on the learning journey.
C 外刊视野
A recent study has changed what scientists 1.
thought
(think) about a special place on the Moon's south pole. It 2.
is called
(call) the South Pole-Aitken(SPA) basin(盆地). The findings may help NASA's new Artemis Ⅲ mission(任务). This mission plans to land astronauts near the Moon's south pole.
The SPA basin is the 3.
biggest
(big) impact crater(撞击坑) on the Moon. Scientists think it formed around 4.3 billion 4.
years
(year) ago. A huge asteroid(小行星) hit the Moon back then. The strong crash also let out chemicals from under the Moon's surface.
Before this study, scientists 5.
believed
(believe) the asteroid came from the south when it hit the Moon and made the SPA basin. But in the new study, a group from the University of Arizona found something new. The SPA basin looks like a teardrop. It gets narrower at its 6.
southern
(south) end. This shows the asteroid probably came from the north and moved south when it hit.
If the study's results are right, lots of chemicals from under the Moon's surface would have 7.
quietly
(quiet) stayed at the Moon's south pole. Artemis astronauts will land close by in 2027. These valuable chemicals will be collected and studied by the astronauts 8.
to learn
(learn) more about the Moon. This may answer questions about the Moon's 9.
growth
(grow). For example, it can explain why the Moon's far side is thicker than 10.
its
(it) smooth near side that we can see from the earth.
(素材选自 The Week Junior)
D 跨学科 语文
Boys and girls, have you ever heard of the saying "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
Spring is a fine season. It lights up 1.
people's
(people) feelings and brings us hope. When you enjoy yourself in the warm spring wind, what comes into your mind? Let's see what poets Meng Haoran and William Blake 2.
wrote
(write) about spring long ago.
The first poem may be one of the 3.
most famous
(famous) poems about spring in China. It's so simple that people can 4.
easily
(easy) remember it. The poet doesn't say how much he loves spring. Instead, he writes that the birds are singing, the wind is blowing and the flowers 5.
are falling
(fall) down. The way he talks about these things shows us the 6.
happiness
(happy) during springtime. He hears birds singing in the morning and remembers the sounds of the wind and rain at night. Writing about these sounds lets 7.
readers
(read) feel the beauty of spring.
William Blake's poem celebrates the coming of spring as a way 8. ______ (bring) us joy. As spring comes, nature jumps into a new life. This means the 9. ______ (begin) of the new year. The birds in the poem are joyful day and night. It seems that the boys and girls speak of all the things so 10. ______ (active). Through "merrily", the poet shows how happy he and others are to welcome spring.
